WCET (TV)
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HAAT | 325 m (1,066 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°7′27″N 84°31′18″W / 39.12417°N 84.52167°W |
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Website | www |
WCET (channel 48) is a
History
The
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Originally, WCET was funded through local school levies. However, a failed levy in 1966 forced the station to seek other sources of funding. In 1968, WCET held its inaugural Action Auction, raising $31,000 in two days.[5]
In 1976, the station moved to its present studio location at the Crosley Telecommunications Center, which it now shares with the market's two main public radio stations,
In 1981,
In the late 1990s, like PBS-member stations in many larger television markets, WCET partnered with the for-profit company
Once simply branded "Channel 48" and later as "WCET48", the station simplified its name to "CET" on September 16, 2003, moving away from its call sign and channel number, in part to indicate its increasing focus on online services. It began an
On May 8, 2009, the Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation and Greater Dayton Public Television (licensee of that market's PBS station WPTD) formed the umbrella non-profit organization Public Media Connect. Both WCET and WPTD operate as subsidiaries of PMC, with separate branding and fundraising efforts.[14][15] The merger resulted in the July 2010 transfer of WCET's master control operations to WPTD's facilities in Dayton, in an attempt to reduce costs for WCET.[16]
WCET and the ThinkTV channels were off the air (and not available through any other providers) from just after 4 p.m. on July 5 until 11:40 a.m. on July 9, 2019, due to the failure of a multiplexer in the master control power supply at ThinkTV in downtown Dayton.[17][18]
Original programming
The following television series were previously or are currently produced by WCET:
- Action Auction – televised station fundraiser
- Congressional Outlook – national public affairs program hosted by Patrick Tyler; joint venture with Congressional Quarterly[19]
- Focus 48 – local public affairs program
- Showcase with Barbara Kellar – local arts and cultural series airing on CET Arts
- It's Academic (1960s–1980s) – local version, in partnership with WLWT
- Lilias, Yoga and You[20] (1972–1999)
Most original WCET footage prior to 1990 was not archived and has been lost.[21]
Notable people
- John Knoepfle – producer and director; later a poet, translator, and educator[22]
Technical information
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Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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48.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
CETHD | Main WCET programming / PBS |
48.2 | 480i | Create | CET Create | |
48.3 | Art | CET Arts | ||
54.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KET | KET / PBS (WCVN-TV)
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54.3 | 480i | KETKY | Kentucky Channel (WCVN-DT3) |
CET Create and CET Arts are also available on the
On February 1, 2010, CETWorld was replaced with CET Arts on digital subchannel 48.3. CET launched CET Arts, the first local 24-hour cultural service of its kind on February 1, 2010. CET Arts showcases drama, visual arts, dance and music programming ranging from symphonic to bluegrass.[25]
On March 4, 2012, at 6:49 p.m., CET aired its first live high definition pledge break from its studio, around the concert program Under the Streetlamp.
Analog-to-digital conversion
WCET signed on its digital signal on
See also
- Cincinnati Public Radio Inc.
References
- ^ a b "About CET". CETConnect. Greater Cincinnati Television Education Foundation. Archived from the original on December 7, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
CET's legal name is Greater Cincinnati Television Education Foundation
- ^ a b WCET, TV Station Profiles & Public Inspection Files, Federal Communications Commission
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCET". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Watson-Rouslin 1978, p. 53.
- ^ a b c d Forty Years of TV Worth Watching (PDF). Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2005.
- ^ "Ohio Library Association Bulletin". Ohio Library Association Bulletin. Ohio Library Association. 1953.
Cincinnati's community-owned educational television, WCET, went on the air July 26, with 'Tel-a-Story,' by the Cincinnati Public Library as the opening program.
- Gannett Company. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
- ^ Knippenberg, Jim (September 26, 2004). "ABC News to air from Devou Park". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
- ^ "Non-Commercial Education Television Broadcast Station License Official No. 1" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. March 11, 1955. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 19, 2005.
- ^ "Cincinnati's "Leading Lady of Architecture" Stars in Her Very Own Show!". CETConnect. Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation. Archived from the original on June 12, 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
- ^ Miller, Nick (November 6, 1996). "WCET cashing in on Knowledge" (fee required). The Cincinnati Post. E. W. Scripps Company. p. B9. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
Los Angeles-based Lakeshore Learning Materials operates 29 Store of Knowledge outlets in agreements with PBS stations in 18 cities, most of them in markets much larger than Cincinnati. ... Channel 48 decided for the time being to have a 25 percent ownership stake in the store, station officials said. ... The Channel 48 Store of Knowledge will have its grand opening Nov. 23. The 5,300-square-foot store features more than 5,000 products ... linked to PBS programming.
- ^ "Kenwood's Store of Knowledge to close". Cincinnati Business Courier. American City Business Journals. April 12, 2001. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ "Discovery Channel Store to open at Kenwood". Cincinnati Business Courier. American City Business Journals. July 16, 2001. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ "ThinkTV and CET to Merge" (Press release). Greater Dayton Public Television. October 31, 2008.
- ^ "ThinkTV, CET form Public Media Connect Inc". Business Courier of Cincinnati. May 8, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
- Time Warner cable, employees say.
- ^ Schroeder, Kaitlin (July 9, 2019). "ThinkTV is back on air after equipment failure". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^ Kiesewetter, John (July 9, 2019). "WCET-TV, WPTD-TV And WPTO-TV Back On Air". WVXU. Cincinnati Public Radio. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^ "About WCET". Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation. Archived from the original on February 4, 1998.
- ^ Watson-Rouslin 1978, pp. 53–54.
- ^ Wiener, Jim (March 2, 2023). "March 2023 Q&A with Jim Wiener". WCET-TV. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ISBN 0-253-33609-0. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WCET
- ^ "CET Television Program Channel Information". CETConnect. Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ "CET Arts". CETConnect. Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ "CET Digital Television". CETConnect. Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations
- ^ CDBS Print
Further reading
- Watson-Rouslin, Virginia (February 1978). "Channel 48: A Muttering Voice in the T.V. Wilderness". Cincinnati. 11 (5). Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce: 52–57. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
External links
- CETConnect – official website of WCET-TV
- CET 50th Anniversary at the Wayback Machine (archived December 15, 2005)